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And by we, I mean me.

News Roundup 2019!

12/27/2019

34 Comments

 
Are you ready for a quick blog post covering everything I haven't yet had the chance to mention here?

LIGHTNING ROUND BLOG POST HERE WE COME!

1.) Elder Empire - Spring 2020
Progress on these books has been so sporadic over the last four years that I basically had to start over from scratch, but even so I'm almost done! Killers / Kings will be released in Spring 2020, and I'll be more specific than that when I actually get them finished.

2.) 1,000 reviews on Underlord and Uncrowned
Within a day or two of each other, both Underlord and Uncrowned crossed 1,000 reviews on Amazon.

That is not only more reviews than I've ever gotten on any book before, it's also especially mind-bending because the first book in any series almost always has the most reviews. To see books six and seven in a series hit more reviews than the first and have a higher average score is...special.

3.) Cradle Foundation is currently free!
The collection of the first three Cradle books (Cradle: Foundation) is free through December 30th! PICK IT UP GO GO LIGHTNING ROUND AAAAAAHHHHH

​-Will
34 Comments
J M
12/27/2019 06:54:10 am

First comment!!! This is all awesome!

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Will link
12/27/2019 06:57:10 am

First reply: I agree!

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Jeremiah
12/27/2019 07:02:33 am

AMAZING! Soon I will discover how Nathanel Barius intends to take over the world!

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Will link
12/27/2019 07:12:30 am

Through the power of alchemical industrialization and hair gel.

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Arch
12/27/2019 07:27:58 am

Hey Will, grats on all the great news, have you considered packaging the second 3 cradle books in future(probably after he ee release hype dies down), what would you call the second 3 books?

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Jeff
12/27/2019 07:51:56 am

I bought all the EE books and audiobooks and cannot wait to read them all, waiting till closer to release date so they are all fresh.

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Time Traveler
12/27/2019 08:33:38 am

Hi there Will! I'm a time traveler from the future writing to let you know the ending for OKAK is pretty tight. You wove all those intersecting plot threads together masterfully! Thanks Will.

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TrueRulerOfNone
12/27/2019 09:15:25 am

Can the Sacred Artist crafting/refining magic system be compared to Reading in how it seems someone of higher advancement has more potency in their crafted items to how Intent is somehow making a infused item “level up”

Cause I figure that the Sword Sage sword madra can’t be helping in creating healing elixirs and that someone with the same knowledge and ingredients, but lower advancement as him wouldn’t end up with the same result right?

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Diego
1/21/2020 01:39:40 pm

Intent in item gathers over time with use. The Emperor just invests a 1000x (guestimate) more intent into an item over the same period of time as a regular magister. He's also a lot better at focusing it.
From what I gather, if a regular person lived long enough and invested an item with intent repeatedly they could create items with enough intent to rival the Emperors. Its just the Emperor would take 1 day and they would take maybe a lifetime.

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manty05
12/27/2019 04:15:31 pm

Has there been any plans of publishing a second Cradle omnibus or what its name would be (my own guess:'Gold')?

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Andrew
1/30/2020 01:40:35 pm

Nah it should be called advancement

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Fenrirwolflord
12/28/2019 04:29:43 pm

Fantastic stuff all around to hear Will!
I can't wait for Elder Empire.

Also congrats on the reviews!

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Extesian
12/29/2019 10:37:27 pm

Elder Empire has been one of my top 3 hopes for books in 2020, so thank you Will :)

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Bewildered
12/30/2019 01:57:57 am

Out of curiosity does Will, or one of his team, know Mandarin? I noticed that the paperback version chapter numbers are all in Chinese which I thought a nice touch, and then there's a cover or two.

加油

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Joe
12/30/2019 05:29:00 am

Random question not related to anything above. Do you judge post with incorrect grammar and spelling?

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George
12/30/2019 08:29:03 am

Awesome! I just passed on the free ebook link to like 10 of my friends to try your series Will. I may have told them anyone who DIDN'T thoroughly enjoy these books would be subjected to being tied down and forced to watch the new Cats movie for 24 hours straight....

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Emily
12/31/2019 12:07:34 pm

Will Shera and Calder be murdered by hordes of Elders screaming otherworldly words like "Northstrider" and "Lindon"?

Find out in spring 2020.

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Dried Out Skeleton
1/1/2020 06:52:51 pm

Ugh, I've been waiting for more travelers gate for 415 years.

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Protagonist-kun
1/2/2020 10:18:40 pm

I'm still waiting for my book, I Got Reincarnated Into An Online Game As a Healer.

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Madeline
1/3/2020 11:04:26 am

Wait. We've been successfully distracting you from finishing Elder Empire for four years? How has it been that long?

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Tolbert
1/10/2020 06:04:19 am

Will, I hear you go on writing cruises and rent log cabins on business expense. This offends me.

What you have to do is buy real estate. You could buy a cabin on Hidden Gnome's budget, rent it occasionally but mostly just ride the property value up.

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An annoyance with a lose wallet
1/10/2020 02:19:00 pm

Will, say nothing if the Mad King wears Crocks made from a class 1 fiend.

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The person who did the centuplicate like! link
1/14/2020 01:26:07 pm

100!

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Nostalgia link
1/18/2020 07:13:41 am

You may have all forgotten this post, it is truly awesome.
https://www.willwight.com/a-blog-of-dubious-intent/the-future-of-travelers-gate-review-prize-1

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Sean
2/7/2020 01:04:09 pm

I've been around for a few years now, but not quite long enough to have seen this post before. It's great! Thanks for sharing!

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Eithan Arelius
1/18/2020 09:37:25 am

So, are we to assume that the mailing list short stories are CANON, not the death-fights but the powers? Also, in one of them I seem to recall Indrial's daughter wielding Mithra when she was fighting him even though she was bound to Vasha. Any reason why she was, or was that just for fun?

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Eithan Arelius
1/18/2020 09:45:38 am

Also, did Simon's chains stay white after the power of Elysia flowed through him and left? Because even Caela said they looked good and I trust her judgment.

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Eithan Arelius
1/18/2020 01:16:23 pm

Also, I still do NOT understand why Simon followed a strange man who talks to dolls and just KILLED TWO people in front of him into a place he CANNOT leave by himself and has the possibility of being STRANGLED by shadows wearing hoodies. Unless it was for candy, then good job Simon, it was definitely worth it to get those M&M's.

Overly Pessimistic Orthos
1/19/2020 01:29:43 pm

It's been 23 days since Will's last blog post. That's longer than his usual 14-21. He's probably dead.

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A Hopeful Smiley Face3
1/21/2020 11:42:40 am

I can’t find an obituary, so I remain hopeful.

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Sam
1/21/2020 01:10:53 pm

Nah, he posted on reddit. Orthos up there is just trying the old "Tell Will we think he's dead so he posts more content trick."

Sometimes it works and Will magically comes up with a new short story, cool update, or oreo review the very next day. It didn't work this time though so Will has probably secluded himself in some cabin or cruise ship somewhere.

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An Embarrassed Smiley Face
1/23/2020 05:34:53 am

Oops. Just realized that not only did I spell my name wrong, I also didn’t even click the right respond button.

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Brian S
1/23/2020 08:13:25 pm

Talk to us Will! We haven't heard from you all year.

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Bill
1/29/2020 12:13:34 pm

It actually has been a lot longer then usual between the times will post something. I expect he's trying to get Elder Empire up to the point where he can give us some real news. Maybe he's finished his draft of one of the books and has a release date for something.

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